Team-building is a key phrase for the Stars this season. In fact, the organization has gone so far as to rearrange the player seating in the locker room.

Defensemen were previously grouped together in one corner. They now are interspersed throughout the room. And there has been thought to who sits by whom, with good friends Mike Modano and Darryl Sydor neighbors and recently acquired center Ribeiro getting a spot next to former Montreal Canadiens teammate Stephane Robidas.